The pathology of participation among elementary school students
Narges Alijani
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PhD. student in Educational Management, Department of Educational Management, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
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Fariba Karimi
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دانشیار، گروه مدیریت آموزشی، واحد اصفهان (خوراسگان)، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، اصفهان، ایران.
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Narges Saeidian
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Associate Professor, Department of Educational Management, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
)
Keywords: Participation, educational system-related harm, school-related harm, family system-related harm, individual harm, social harm,
Abstract :
Introduction: Learners who are trained by cooperative learning method have a strong motivation to learn, are more active and feel responsible for the learning of their group members. The aim of the current research was the pathology of participation among elementary school students.
research methodology: The research method was qualitative and using qualitative content analysis of interviews. The participants in this study were 16 professors and experts in the field of education and training who were selected using the theoretical saturation criterion and criterion-based purposive sampling method. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews and analyzed using the inductive content analysis method. Then, the students' participation pathologies were extracted and categorized. To assess the validity of the data, after conducting and implementing the interview, the participant review method was used, and for reliability, the retest was used. The test-retest reliability of the interviews was 87%, and the reliability of the coding was confirmed.
Findings: The findings included 96 conceptual codes that were categorized into 5 main concepts: educational system-related harm, school-related harm, family system-related harm, individual harms, and social harms, and 15 sub-concepts, each of which included a different conceptual code.
Conclusion: Therefore, for the active participation of all students in schools, a pathological examination of participation is necessary to promote it.
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